Meaning of savage

Definition of savage

(adj) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
wild and menacing; "a pack of feral dogs"
without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"
(noun) a member of an uncivilized people
a cruelly rapacious person
(verb) attack brutally and fiercely
criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

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